Shamrock --THE DEVIL--

Shamrock --THE DEVIL-- (シャムロック -THE DEVIL- Shamurokku -THE DEVIL-) is the 72nd chapter of the SERVAMP manga series.

Summary
The chapter starts off with Yumikage asking Tsurugi if he knew why Junichiro became friends with him, stating that it had nothing to do with sympathy or the fact that Junichiro sat behind him in class. As there are flashbacks of him and Yumikage talking about the same question when they were younger, Junichiro answers that it's because Tsurugi was able to make amazing paper planes and that his "brother" (Toma) taught him to do so. Junichiro wanted to learn as well.

Young Yumikage and Junichiro argue about how silly that reason was, before it cuts back to present day when Yumikage tells Tsurugi that that was Junichiro's reason as to why he wanted to be his friend. As there are flashbacks of the three, as well as Toma, spending time and growing up together, Yumikage starts to realize that Toma is at the core of the person Tsurugi has been able to become. Yumikage says that the way Tsurugi is right now is fine and that it's also fine for him to be with Toma. He tells Tsurugi that the day they were making paper planes outside, Toma had become a hero. In that moment Tsurugi finally breaks free from his straitjacket, symbolizing him also breaking free from blindly following Toma's orders and him now starting to take initiative. He blocks gunshots Toma had fired to hit Yumikage. Yumikage smiles and says that Tsurugi is late, before passing out on the ground. Tsurugi thanks Yumikage, saying he only wanted someone to acknowledge Toma.

A spirit of Tsurugi as a child appears next to Toma, running to Yumikage's body and crying, before it vanishes again. Tsurugi stands up and summons a sword, now completely ripping off his straitjacket and facing Toma. Said one turns around only to see Mahiru has also arrived at the scene. The chapter cuts to the control room, showing Mikuni watching everything happening. A man enters the room, who's most likely Iori Tsukimitsu, the C3 branch manager. Iori asks him if everything is going according to Mikuni's plan. Asked one responds by saying it would be quicker if he saw for himself.

Next we see Syuhei and Shamrock. Syuhei is bleeding and wounded on the ground, as Shamrock starts to tell him about the day he killed Syuhei's father. A flashback starts, Shamrock and Higan standing together as burning corpses of C3 members lay around them, Yoshimasa and Tsurugi being the only ones left. Yoshimasa tells Tsurugi to run away, assuring him that there are no other vampires around. Shamrock asks if that Tsurugi is Syuhei. Tsurugi tries to lie and says 'yes', but Yoshimasa cuts him off and states that that is not his son. Shamrock starts to use "Die Verwandlung" [German for "The Transformation"], getting ready to attack Yoshimasa. Said one pushes Tsurugi away and yells at him to run, before getting impaled by Shamrock. Tsurugi starts to cry and tries to help Yoshimasa, however, Higan stops him from doing so by grabbing Tsurugi's legs with hands made out of his flames. This severely burns his legs, leaving scars to this day and causing him to scream.

Shamrock drinks Yoshimasa's blood. It's unknown what exactly he did to Yoshimasa after that, but he didn't seem to stop after just drinking his blood.

Character Debuts

 * Iori Tsukimitsu

Publication Differences

 * The first color image in the manga release version, seen below featuring Toma & Mahiru, was originally published as part of chapter 76, I Told You to Take a Seat! (which was chapter 74 when published in Comic GENE).
 * The chapter content has been significantly reshuffled in the manga version, removing all pages prior to Mikuni watching Tsurugi on the monitor and adding in the pages leading up to the cover art from the original chapter 73 (the following chapter).

Note: Due to the shuffling of chapter content between the original release and the manga publication, the release date listed in the infobox pertains to the original release of the magazine chapter from which most of the manga chapter was taken.